Application is being made under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by National Grid for:

Tilbury to Gravesend cable tunnel replacement and associated above ground infrastructure.

Thurrock Planning Reference: 23/01502/FUL

Gravesham Planning Reference: 20231313

Detailed Proposal Description: Proposed construction of a new cable tunnel beneath the River Thames between Tilbury and Gravesend to provide additional transmission capacity. Above-ground infrastructure in the form of a new Cable Sealing End compound and a new head house building along with associated electricity infrastructure, access, parking, boundary treatment and two overhead gantry structures for future overhead lines. Temporary compound for the duration of the project to provide parking, staff welfare facilities, delivery vehicle parking, and equipment and machinery storage, including boundary treatment and lighting.

Proposed Development Location:

The proposed development passes through two local authority areas.

Associated application is also being made under the Electricity Act 1989 by National Grid for:

Associated modification of 400kV overhead line

Thurrock Planning Reference: 24/00057/ELEC

Gravesham Planning Reference: 20240063

Detailed Proposal Description (Thurrock): Three existing pylons will be removed, and one new pylon will be erected (a net loss of two pylons) along with a slight change of alignment of the existing overhead line so that it connects into the proposed new Cable Sealing End Compound. This short new span of approximately 209m will result in the net loss (removal) of approximately 393m of the overhead line that is currently associated with the two pylons to be removed.

Detailed Proposal Description (Gravesham): One existing terminal pylon will be removed, and one new pylon will be erected to facilitate a realignment. The new span will be 325m long, replacing an existing span of 400m and provide a net loss of approximately 78m of overhead line.

Contact details for any owner or tenant who wishes to make representations about these applications:

Gravesham Borough Council, Planning Department, Civic Centre, Gravesend, DA12 1AU, 01474 337 391, planning.validation@gravesham.gov.uk

Thurrock Council, Planning Department, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays, RM17 6SL, 01375652291, planning.applications@thurrock.gov.uk

These applications are submitted with an Environmental Statement.

Paper copies of the Environmental Statement can be obtained using any of the following methods:

Phone: 020 3398 1599 (lines are open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm)

Email: contact@graintotilbury.nationalgrid.com

Post: Freepost GRAIN TO TILBURY PROJECT

Any owner of the land or tenant who wishes to make representations about this application, should write to the council within 21 days of the date of this notice.

Statement of owners’ rights: The grant of planning permissions does not affect owner’s rights to retain or dispose of their property, unless there is some provision to the contrary in an agreement or lease.

Statement of agricultural tenant’ rights: the grant of planning permission for non-agricultural development may affect agricultural tenant’s security of tenure.

‘Owner’ means a person having a freehold interest or leasehold interest the unexpired term of which is not less than seven years.

‘Tenant’ means a tenant of an agricultural holding any part of which is comprised in the land.